Politics Jokes

How Government Works

Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the
middle of a desert.

Congress said, "Someone may steal from it at night." So they
created a night watchman position and hired a person for the
job.

Then Congress said, "How does the watchman do his job
without instruction?" So they created a planning department
and hired two people, one person to write the instructions,
and one person to do time studies.

Then Congress said, "How will we know the night watchman is
doing the tasks correctly?" So they created a Quality Control
department and hired two people. One to do the studies and
one to write the reports.

Then Congress said, "How are these people going to get
paid?" So they created the following positions, a time
keeper, and a payroll officer, then hired two people.

Then Congress said, "Who will be accountable for all of
these people?" So they created an administrative section and
hired three people, an Administrative Officer, Assistant
Administrative Officer, and a Legal Secretary.

Then Congress said, "We have had this command in operation
for one year and we are $18,000 over budget, we must cutback
overall cost." So they laid off the night watchman.